All posts by Geof Franklin

Researching ways to improve scientist's access to data. Programming software to solve humanity's problems. Disseminating emergency preparedness knowledge. Sharing knowledge about science. Practicing amateur radio. Serving humanity through volunteer efforts. Drives a robot to work.

Disaster Plans Lacking in Nursing Homes??

Paper flying around an office.

The AP had an sobering report the other day about the general lack of preparedness in Nursing Homes. The plans are required by government regulation but apparently the facilities are unsure how to implement or write these plans.

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Skills gap

93% of employers report an lack of desired IT skills in their own IT staff according to a recent survey of Business Executives.A Helpdesk tech working at a computer.How interesting.. so 9 of 10 Executives don’t believe their own IT staff have the skills needed to complete their jobs. I don’t know if this means the Executives don’t understand what their IT staffers are doing on a daily basis or if the IT staff can’t describe what they do to their executives, or if the IT staff just has no idea what they are doing.

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IT Priorities

A report came out recently that made me very happy. It had nothing to do with my 401k, but it did have to do with IT Priorities. It seems that most businesses are starting to heed the warnings the IT Industry have been giving for years.

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